Tokyo, Sept 13, 2025 (AFP) - Tokyo fans savour athletics worlds four years after Olympic lockout

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2025-09-13

Japanese fans soaked up the atmosphere on Saturday's opening day of the world athletics championships in Tokyo, four years after being shut out of the same stadium for the pandemic-troubled Olympics. The Tokyo Games, postponed a year until 2021 because of Covid, took place amid the ghostly backdrop of empty stands with fans barred to prevent the spread of infection. Japanese spectators were determined to make up for lost time as the world champio......

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